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When the Astors Owned New York : Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age
When the Astors Owned New York Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age
Author: Justin Kaplan
This newest book by Pulitzer Prize winner Justin Kaplan is a sparkling combination of biography, social history, architectural appreciation, and pure pleasure — — Endowed with the largest private fortunes of their day, two heirs of arch-capitalist John Jacob Astor battled with each other for social primacy. William Waldorf Astor (born 18...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780670037698
ISBN-10: 0670037699
Publication Date: 6/1/2006
Pages: 208
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Publisher: Viking Adult
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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I had high hopes for this rather small book (180 pages) but came away disappointed. I'm not sure Mr. Kaplan, who authored a Pulitzer Prize winning biography of Mark Twain, knew what he wanted to accomplish with this book. It's certainly not a definitive biography of this unique family, nor of the grand hotels they built. It attempts to find the middle ground and explain a bit about each, but comes up woefully short in both arenas.
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